Liquid-delivering device.



A. W. WHEATON.

LIQUID'DELIVERING DEVICE.

" APPLICATION men JAN.19. 1917.

1,230,356. S Patented June 19, 1917.

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ATTORNEYS A ABRAM W. WHEATON, 0F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

LIQUID-DELIVERING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 19, 1917.

Application filed January 19, 1917. Serial No. 143,290.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAM W. WHEA'roN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Liquid-DeliveringDevices; and I do hereby declare the follow-' ing to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had vices used for delivering oil, gasolene, and 7 otherliquids to the tank wagons or motor trucks, tank railroad cars, or othercontamers in which such liquids are shipped or carried from place toplace.

I Usually oil, gasolene and similar liquids are delivered to tankwagons, etc., through a system of delivery pipes leading from thestorage tanks, such delivery pipes terminating in a stand-pipe to whichis connected a flexible pipe member, having at its free end afaucet-valve. When it is desired to fill a tank-wagon, the same isdriven up to the stand-pipe, and the operator removes the filling portcover from the tank wagon, and then manipulates the flexible pipe memberso as to position the faucet valve above said filling port, after whichthe faucet-valve is opened to permit the liquid to flow there-' throughinto the tank wagon. Should the operator become inattentive so as toallow the faucet-valve to move away from the filling port, or, where thetank-wagon is horse-drawn, should the horses suddenly start up with thesame result, a considerable amount of liquidis spilled over the sides ofthe tank and is lost. Furthermore, it is well known, that, whendelivering gasolene through the delivery pipes and faucet-valve, therapid flow thereof under pressure, produces, by reason of the frictionset up between the delivery pipes and the flowing liquid, a certainamount of static electricity, and it has happened that, by reasonof alack of perfect contact of the delivery pipes and faucet-valve with themetallic material of the tank, a charge-of such static electricity hasjumped, in the form of a spark,

position over the filling from the former to the latter, igniting thegasolene fumes, with the result that a serious explosion with consequentdamage and loss as to both property and life has occurred.

It is, therefore, the object of the present invention to provide meansin connection with the faucet-valve of the delivery pipes, which willnot only permit the operator to firmly hold and maintain, againstaccidental displacement, the faucet valve in .proper port of thetankwagon, but which will also establish a positive electrical contactbetween the former and the latter, which will prevent the liability ofelectrical discharge between such parts and the consequent liability ofexplosions, fire, and resulting damage.

The invention consists, therefore, in the novelv supporting member forthe faucet valves of liquid delivery devices; and the inventionconsists, furthermore, in the novel arrangements and combinations of theseveral devices and parts, as well asin the de tails of the constructionofthe same, all of which will be more fully described in the followingspecification, and then finally em bodied in the claims appendedthereto.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure lis a side elevation of the standpipe and flexible pipe ofa liquid delivering device, the latter having at its free end thefaucet-valve equipped with the .novel supporting frame, made accordingto and embodying the principles of my present invention, the same beingshown in operative relation to the filling port of a tank-wagon.

Fig. 2 is a bottom'view of said faucet valveand supporting frame; Fig. 8is a side view of said faucet-valve showing said supporting frame inVertical section; and Fig. 4 is a horizontal section, taken on line H insaid Fig. 3, looking downward.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the hereindescribed views,

ried into position over the filling port of a tank-wagon, or othercontainer.

Connected with the outlet end 4: of the said faucet-valve 3 isscrew-threaded nipple portion 5.

The novel supporting frame comprises an annular ring-like mainbody-portion 6, which is preferably internally threaded to screw on tosaid screw-threaded nipple-portion 5 of said faucet-valve 3. Extendingoutwardly and radially from said main body-portion 6, and preferablyintegrally formed therewith, are a plurality of supporting-arms or horns7 These supporting arms or horns 7 are provided on their under sideswith upwardly inclined, and preferably slightly curved contour 8. Thebase of each supporting arm or horn 7, where it joins said main body iswidened laterally to provide laterally extending reinforcing webs 9. Anydesired number of said supportingarms or horns 7 may be provided, but,preferably, they are four in number, radiating at an angle of ninetydegrees, one from the other. While I have described thesupporting-frame, thus constructed, as a separable part of thefaucet-valve 3, it must be understood, that, if it is so desired, thesame may be cast as an integral part of the body or casing of saidfaucet-valve 3.

Referring now to Fig. 1 of the drawings, the reference character 10indicates a frag ment of the tank body of a tank-wagon or similarcontainer, which. is usually provided with the dome-like portion 11, inthe upper wall of which is formed the filling port or opening 12,usually bounded by the vertical flange portion 13, over which thecoverportion (not shown) is clamped down when the tank is full.

In practice the tank-wagon is driven up adjacent to the stand-pipe 1,and the filling port or opening 12 being opened, the flexible pipe 2 isflexed to position the faucet-valve over said filling port or opening12, so that its outlet end is positioned over the same. When sopositioned, the operator presses down on the faucet-valve to carry saidsupporting-frame into contact with the margin of said filling port oropening 12, thus causing the supporting-arms or horns 7 to engage theflange-portion 13, or other marginal structure of the filling port oropening 12. The under side of said supporting-arms or horns 7 beingupwardly inclined or curved, as at 8, the same, when in engagement withthe flange-portion 13 permits the outlet of said faucet-valve to enterthe filling-port or opening 12 for a-slight distance, and at the sametime such curved or in clined formation 8 of the supporting-arms orhorns 7 tends to permit the supporting frame to readily adapt itself tovarious diameters of filling-ports or openings 12; t ds to t r th u l tof s id twe valve in said filling-ports or openings; and tends to holdthe faucet-valve when so positioned, against lateral movement ordisplacement, in a manner clearly to be understood by an inspection ofsaid 'Fig. 1 of the drawings.

It will thus be apparent that the faucetvalve may now be opened topermit the flow of the liquid therethrough and into the tank-wagon, andit will be further apparent that any movement of the tanlewagon, causedeither by the restlessness or sudden movement of the horses drawing thesame, or movement thereof from other causes, will be transmitted to thefaucet-valve through said supporting frame, without danger of displacingthe faucet-valve from the filling port or opening 12, and the spillingand waste of the liquid before the operator can shut off thefaucet-valve. It will be clear that the operator merely applies to thefaucet-valve a downward pressure sufficient to maintain thesupporting-frame in con-- tact with the marginal structure of thefilling port or opening, so that less careful at tention upon the partof the operator is required, and danger of his inattention resulting inthe spilling and Waste of the liquid .is eliminated.

It will be also understood that, since the supporting-frame is metallic,like the faucetvalve, and since the same is maintained in contact withthe metallic material of the tank-wagon, any static electricity tendingto accumulate in or on the supply pipe and faucet valve is distributedthrough the supporting frame to or upon the body of the tank-wagon andto the ground, so that the same is constantly carried off, and is notallowed to accumulate in such quantity as is liable to cause a sparl,with danger of igniting liquids of explosive or combustible character,as above explained.

I am aware that some changes may be made in the general arrangements andcombinations of the devices and parts of my present invention as well asin the details of the construction of the same, without departing fromthe scope thereof as set forth in the foregoing specification, and asdefined in the appended claims. Hence, I do not limit my invention tothe exact arrangements and combinations of the devices and parts as setforth in the foregoing specification, nor do I confine myself to theexact details of the construction of said parts as illustrated in theaccompanying drawings.

I claim 1. The combination with a movable delivery pipe of afaucet-valve connected with the free end of said pipe, and meansconnected with the outlet endof said faucetvalve for engaging themarginal edges of a filling opening with which said faucet-valve may b rg st red, to s ppor sai f c valve in operative relation to said fillingopening, comprising horizontally radiating supporting arms extendingoutwardly from the outlet end of said faucet-valve, the under side ofsaid supporting-arms being inclined upwardly and outwardly from thepoint of juncture with said faucet-valve, and adapted to centralize thelatter in said filling opening and accommodate the same to fillingopenings of various sizes.

2. The combination with a movable delivery pipe of a faucet-valveconnected with the free end of said pipe, an exteriorly threadedextension connected with the out- 1 let end of said faucet-valve, asupporting frame capable of conducting electricity comprising aninteriorly threaded annular main body adapted to screw on said threadedextension, and horizontally radiating supporting arms extendingoutwardly from said main body, the under side of said supporting armsbeing inclined upwardly and outwardly from the point of juncture thereofwith the main body.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereuntoset my hand this 17th day of January, 1917.

ABRAM W. WHEATON.

Witnesses:

FREDK C. FRAENTZEL, FREDK H. W. FRAENTZEL.

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